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DETROIT, ITS PARKS 

AND RECREATIONAL SYSTEMS 




ANNUAL CONVENTION PROGRAM 

DETROIT, MICHIGAN 

AUGUST 23, 24,25, 1921 



ISSUED BY 

PARKS & RECREATION 

MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA 



THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL 

OF THE 

American Association of 
Park Superintendents 

should be read by everyone interested in park and recreation 
work, civic improvement, art, and the natural sciences. 

Parks & Recreation 

has departments devoted to Recreation, Landscape and Art, 
Engineering and Construction, Zoology, Horticulture, Arbori- 
culture, and topics of a pertinent nature. 

This magazine is devoted to the dissemination of knowledge, 
theoretical and practical, relating to the improvement and 
maintenance of parks and recreation facilities. 

Published at Minot, N. Dak. 



WILL 0. DOOLITTLE, Minot, Managing Editor 

A. A. FISK, Chicago, 111., 

L. P. JENSEN, St. Louis, Mo., 

EMMETT P. GRIFFIN, East St. Louis, 111. 

Associate Editors. 



Subscription and advertising applications should be sent to' 
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PROGRAM 

Twenty-second Annual Convention 
American Association of Park Superintendents 

DETROIT, MICH. 
August 23, 24, 25, 1921 

Sunday, August 21 

9:00 A.M. Preliminary meeting of Reorganization Committee, Hotel Tuller. 

Monday, August 22 

10:00 A.M. Meetings of Executive Committee and Reorganization Committee. 

Tuesday, August 23 

10:00 A. M Business Session. 

Addresses of Welcome by Major James Couzens and Park Commissioner 

Edw. G. Heckel. 
Response by Vice President J. V. Burgevin, New York City. 
Reports of Officers and Committees. 
12:00 M. Adjournment. 
2:00 P.M. Business Session. 

"Essentials of Organization", A. A. Fisk, Chicago, 111. 
Discussion. 
New Business. 
8:00 P. M. Public Session. 

"Conservation of Wild Life", Richard E. Follett, Secretary Detroit Zoo- 
logical Society. 
"Care of Street Trees", C. E. Smith, Superintendent of Forestry and 

Landscape, Detroit. 
"Playgrounds", C. E. Brewer, Commissioner of Recreation, Detroit. 
Wednesday, August 24 
9:00 A.M. Public Session. 

"Value of Parks to Posterity", L. P. Jensen, Arboriculturist, Missouri 

Botanical Gardens, St. Louis. 
"Parks as Memorials", O. W. Douglas. Chicago, Illinois. 
"Woods as Parks", Dr. Filibert Roth, Department of Forestry, University 
of Michigan. 
2:00 P.M. Auto Ride and Visits to City Parks. 
5:00 P.M. Picnic Lunch at Palmer Park. 
8:00 P.M. Business Session at Hotel. 

"A National Botanic Garden", F. L. Mulford, U. S. Department of 
Agriculture, Washingtonj D. C. 

Thursday, August 25 

9:30 A. M. Take ferries at foot of Woodward Avenue for Belle Isle Park. Autos will 
be waiting at park for a ride and complete inspection of the Belle Isle 
bathhouse, conservatory and greenhouses, work shops, zoo and aquarium. 

1:00 P.M. Dinner at the Belle Isle Casino. 

2:30 P.M. "City Planning in Relation to Parks and Boulevards", T. Glenn Phillips, 
Secretary and Consultant, City Plan Commission, Detroit. 

4:00 P.M. Pageant, under auspices of the Recreation Commission 



GENERAL INFORMATION 



The Hotel Tuller, located on Grand Circus President Busch will be pleased to make 

Park, has been selected as Convention Head- the necessary reservations for those who 

quarters. The Tuller is centrally located, prefer to have him do so. He suggests 

and is an excellent hotel. The rates are that visitors coming into the city take the 

$2.50 a day single and $4.50 a day double, street cars to be found outside the depot 

all rooms with bath. Other hotels in the and which go directly to Grand Circus Park, 

vicinity are the Cadillac, rates $2.00 up; where it is only a step to the hotel. This 

Statler, $3.00 up; and Wolverine, $2.50 up. will be much cheaper than taking the taxies. 




TYPE OF GEYSER FOUNTAIN INSTALLED IN SEVERAL DETROIT PARKS 



In addition to these sites the Common 
Council has approved, and ordered con- 
demned the following: 

6 -Park Sites 1,597 acres 

3-Playfields 117 acres 

14 - Playgrounds 17% acres 

The completed recreation system includes 
about 120 additional playground areas of 
approximately one acre each, exclusive of 
the many school-ground improvements and 
facilities that are being rapidly developed 
by the Board of Education. The completed 
system will provide for all phases of recre- 
ation activities within the easy reach of 
every home, so that tiresome journeys or 
the expense of transportation will not deter 
people from actively participating in these 
recreational enjoyments. 

In addition to the development of new 
sites for parks, playgrounds and playfields, 
the City Plan Commission is preparing of- 
ficial landscape plans for the re-design and 
planting of all city properties now used for 
such purposes, in order that ultimately the 
maximum utility, orderliness and beauty of 
these public areas may be realized. 



We shall not attempt at this time to make 
any extensive description of the parks of 
Detroit, other than that depicted by the 
illustrations. However, a few words con- 
cerning the well knowTi Belle Isle are not 
inappropriate. 

Belle Isle 

Prior to 1845 Belle Isle was known as 
Hog Island. July 4, that year, a party 
was formally organized to go to the island 
and rechristen the resort, which had become 
very popular with Detroiters. The con- 
sent of the owner, Barnabas Campau, was 
not asked. The expedition landed at the 
foot of the island and after a few minor 
preliminaries, Mr. E. Goodell made a motion 
to change the name to Belle Isle. Moi'gan 
Bates poured a pitcher of water on the 
ground and the christening was completed. 
In 1879 the city bought the island for 
$200,000, and the name was officially 
changed in 1881. Belle Isle Park is 2 miles 
long; has 5% miles shore drive; has 14% 
miles of driveway; has 5 1/10 miles gravel 
walks and contains 704 acres. 

Personnel of Departments 

Col. Edw. G. Heckel is commissioner of 




C E. BitEwr^xv, ^^iviViSSIONER OF RECREATION, 
DETROIT, MICH. 




GAM Eft UiN I'lELD DAY 



the Department of Parks and Boulevards 
and Capt. H. W. Busch is secretary and 
general superintendent. C. E. Brewer is 
commissioner of the Department of Recrea- 
tion and T. Glenn Phillips is secretary and 
consultant for the City Plan Commission. 
There is a fine spirit of cooperation among 
these departments. Many of the recreation 
fields are located in the public parks, the 
Department of Parks and Boulevards doing 
the construction and maintenance work and 



the Department of Recreation supervising 
the play. 

Department of Recreation 
In the July issue of PARKS & RECREA- 
TION, C. E. Brewer, commissioner of recre- 
ation, gave an extended account of the 
work of the Department of Recreation in 
the city of Detroit. It is not necessary 
to repeat this article in this bulletin; but 
the popularity of the work is well shown 
by the following table of attendance: 



Boys 

July, 1920 236,352 

August 141,525 

September 100,618 

October 96,704 

November 79,257 

December 63,004 

January, 1921 73,239 

February 64,865 

March 60,960 

April 91,584 

May 161,367 

June 214,671 



1, 1920 — 


June 30, 1921 






Girls 


Men 


Women 


Monthly 


191,130 


198,825 


79,148 


705,455 


126,210 


175,741 


57,913 


504,389 


54,210 


131,445 


35,689 


321,962 


61,627 


89,033 


28,489 


275,853 


41,711 


53,230 


19,766 


193,964 


45,526 


32,916 


21,849 


163,295 


68,704 


42,198 


42,152 


226,383 


43,250 


45,124 


19,063 


172,302 


44,382 


56,321 


24,111 


185,777 


56,708 


98,380 


32,207 


278,879 


101,125 


233,794 


76,957 


573,243 


165,683 


358,146 


113,711 


852,211 



1,384,146 1,000,356 1,518,156 



551,055 



4,453,713 



Total Attendance by Sex 



Boys 1,384,146 

Girls 1,000,356 

Men 1,518,156 

Women 551,055 



Male -_ 
Female 



2,902,302 
1,551,411 



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Comparison of Attendance of Adults and Children 

Adults 2,069,211 or 46.5 

Children 2,384,502 or 53.5 

Grand Total 4,453,713 

Attendance July 1920— July 1921 4,453,713 

Attendance July 1919— July 1920 3,510,131 



943,582 



A mention of the second annual water 
carnival, which was held on the Canadian 
side of Belle Isle on August 6, may be of 
interest to the readers of this bulletin. 
This is one of Detroit's great play events, 
and consists of swimming races, canoe and 
rowing races, sail yacht races, power boat 
races, canoe pageant and band concerts. It 
was held under the ausoices of the pepart- 



ment of Parks and Boulevards and th? 
Department of Recreatior. assisted by clubs 
and individuals interested in water sports, 
and over three hundred prizes were awarded. 
Probably in no other city in the United 
States is there better opportunity for the 
holding of these water carnivals than on 
the magnificent water-front of Detroit. 




PINGREE MONUMENT, GRAND CIRCUS PARK 
ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION 



SPLENDID WORK OF ART 

Proposed Belle Isle Bridge Product of Careful 
Study, Artistic Design and Engineering Skill. 



The earliest suggestion, of record, for a 
bridge to connect Detroit with Belle Isle, 
was made in February, 1885. At this time 
the island was almost entirely undeveloped 
and was used largely as a picnic ground, 
visitors being transported to the island by 
boat. 

In December, 1885, a resolution, for build- 
ing a bridge to the island, was adopted by 
the city council, and a site for the proposed 
bridge was purchased soon afterward. 
Plans and specifications for this bridge were 
approved in February, 1886; the contract 
for construction was awarded in September, 
1887, for $295,000 and the bridge was com- 
pleted and accepted on June 25, 1889. 

It was located at the end of East Grand 
Boulevard and was a steel truss bridge, with 
plank floor and timber stringers. There 
were twelve 156-foot through spans, one 
318-foot swing span, and five 88-foot pony 
truss spans, making a total length between 
abutments of 2,628 feet. The width of the 
roadway was 26 feet, and that of the side- 
walks 9 feet, making the total width of the 
bridge 44 feet. The height above ordinary 
water level was about 19 feet 9 inches to 
the bottom of the vertical posts, or clear- 
ance line, and 22 feet to the top of the bridge 
floor. 

With the increase in population of the 
City of Detroit and the development of 
Belle Isle the structure became inadequate 
to the demands made upon it. The design, 
moreover, was out of keeping with the fur- 
ther development of Belle Isle. 

These facts resulted in agitation for re- 
placing the old bridge with one adequate 
for the traff'ic needs and architecturally 
suitable as a connecting link between the 
City of Detroit and its finest park. As a 
result, a small appropriation was made in 
May, 1914, for the purpose of making a 
preliminary study for a new bridge. 

In April, 1915, the timber floor of the 
then existing bridge was destroyed by fire, 
resulting in the collapse of the major por- 
tion of the steel superstructure. This was 
followed by an appropriation, made in May, 
1915, for the construction of a temporary 



bridge to the island, and during the follow- 
ing month a special election was ordered 
for the purpose of authorizing a .$2,000,000 
bond issue to construct a new bridge. At 
this election which was held July 9, 1915, 
the proposition failed to carry. 

The present temporary bridge was com- 
pleted in August, 1916, under the appro- 
priation of May, 1915, This structure is 
located about 175 feet down-stream from 
and practically parallel to the old bridge. 
It is a pile trestle with I-beam stringers 
and plank floor. A swing span is located 
about 500 feet from the Detroit end. 

The over-all width is 36 feet, including 
two sidewalks each 7 feet and a roadway 
22 feet in width. The floor at the Detroit 
side is 25 feet above mean water and slopes 
down to the swing span at a two per cent 
grade. On the Belle Isle side of the swing 
span the grade is one per cent for about 
500 feet and level for the remainder of the 
distance to the island. 

The Proposed Bridge 

The present design for the proposed Belle 
Isle Bridge has been developed by compre- 
hensive study of the conditions funda- 
mentally aflfecting it. The conclusions 
relative to site, general dimensions, appro- 
priateness of structural type and design are 
based therefore upon practical requirements, 
with due regard to the aesthetic features of 
the proposed structure which will be a con- 
necting link in the municipal system of 
parks and boulevards. 

The value of the region between East 
Grand Boulevard and the water works for 
manufacturing and shipping is limited by 
the depth and width of the river channel, 
there being insufficient space for turning 
large boats, and by the lack of railroad 
facilities. This region contains one of De- 
troit's finest groups of residences whose 
well-kept gardens greatly enhance the in- 
terest of the river shore and are among 
the most beautiful features of the city. 

The river basin between the island and 
the mainland above the site of the bridge 
I'anks with the best for boating to be found 
in American cities. It is the only portion 

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of the river near the' city where small boats 
can move with freedom and safety, and is 
one of Detroit's greatest assets. Few 
foreign cities have a more attractive water 
front and its beauty and availability depend 
upon the retention and development of the 
present character of its shores. 

The proposed bridge has an unusually 
favorable setting. The site at the end of 
East Grand Boulevard is a conspicuous one, 
making a bridge at this point visible from 
all boats and from the Detroit and island 
shores, as well as from part of the Canadian 
shore. The city's property known as the 
Detroit approach is 200 feet wide and is 
800 feet in length from Jefferson Avenue 
to the harbor line. The center line or axis 
of this property does not coincide with that 
of the boulevard which is 150 feet wide. 
The river channel, used primarily by tugs, 
scows and yachts, is near the Detroit shore 
which is considerably higher than the level 
of the island. At the island end of the old 
bridge is an open space beyond which are 
canals, bridges, roads and fine high trees. 

The direction of river current as indicated 
by government records makes an angle of 
about 86 degrees with the axis of the old 
bridge. Using the old location as that for 
the new structure, it would probably be 
necessary to use skewed spans in order to 
keep within the displacement considered 
allowable for the bridge piers. In that 
case the piers would not be normal to the 
bridge axis and if a bascule span were re- 
quired the satisfactory design of the bascule 
piers would be practically impossible. A 
survey of the direction of river current 
made by the Consulting Board verifies the 
above angle in the channel near the main- 
land end of the bridge but shows angles of 
more nearly 90 degrees near the island end. 
The most desirable arrangement of the piers 
would be to inake them normal to the axis 
of the bridge, and this can be done pro- 
vided the island end is moved somewhat 
up-stream. Since, moreover, additional 
space is needed at the island approach and 
will be provided by such a change in the 
bridge axis without destroying any of the 
trees, the island end of the proposed bridge 
is placed 150 feet further up-stream than 
that of the old one and the approach is 
extended to the harbor line. 

General Description 

The allowable obstruction to flow of water 



and interference with shipping is under com- 
plete control of the War Department, 
through its engineers. The piers must not 
in number and size seriously prevent the 
flow of water and ice, and the interests of 
navigation must be considered in determin- 
ing clearances above the water line. After 
careful study of the situation during which 
the government engineer in charge of this 
district and the largest shipping interests 
were consulted, it has been tentatively as- 
sumed that a bridge twenty-two hundred 
feet long and consisting of nineteen fixed 
spans varying from 74 to 135 feet each, 
with a maximum clearance of 30 feet above 
mean water-line in three channel spans, 
would provide sufficient water-way and 
equitable service for the traffic over and 
under the bridge. The width of the bridge 
is to be 83' having a roadway of 59' in- 
cluding space for street car tracks, should 
these be used, and two sidewalks each 
twelve feet wide. 

Structural Type 

Data obtained from surveys, borings and 
pile loading tests at the site of the proposed 
bridge indicate that a structure designed 
upon cantilever principles would best fit the 
natural conditions. Other structural types 
were carefully considered but the great 
distance to rock and the plastic condition of 
the overlying soil was the most important 
eliminating factor. Moreover the curved 
arms of the cantilever construction give 
pleasing lines consistent with the char- 
acter of the bridge as a civic and park 
structure. The water level is subject to 
slight changes, hence the curved arms can 
spring from the piers at a low point and an 
open spandrel treatment is practicable, giv- 
ing an effect of lightness without sacrificing 
that of strength and dignity. The advan- 
tages with respect to appearance as well as 
permanence were deciding factors in the 
selection of reinforced concrete as the most 
suitable material. 

Selection of Type 

A comprehensive study of the whole 
foundation problem in the light of informa- 
tion as described, led to the following con- 
clusions relative to the type best adapted 
for the proposed structure. 

1. That it should be as light as possible. 

2. That the foundation reactions should 
be entirely vertical. 



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DISPLAY FOUNTAIN IN CLARK PARK, DETROIT 



The problem was thus narrowed down to 
consideration of the relative merits as to 
cost and appearance of a comparatively few 
types. 

Arches and cantilevers are types which 
economically follow pleasing lines, and 
therefore investigation of their relative 
adaptability was made by means of sketches 
and estimates of costs. Two-hinged, three- 
hinged and hingeless arches were considered, 
and while each has its advantages, all are 
dependent for stability upon lateral resist- 
ance of the soil. Furthermore, an intelli- 
gent analysis of stresses must be based 
upon assumed and uncertain displacements 
of the piers. For these reasons and in view 
of the soil conditions as described above, a 
structure based upon the cantilever prin- 
ciple with vertical reactions is considered 
preferable. Accordingly, the design con- 
templates the construction of a series of 
spans consisting of curved cantilever arms 
extending in both directions from each of 
the piers to which they are rigidly connected. 
The arms are joined near the centers of 
the spans by simply supported units. The 
advantage of the latter arrangement instead 
of using a shear joint connecting the canti- 
lever arms, as is sometimes done in struc- 
tures of this sort, is to avoid damage which 
might result from unequal settlement of the 



piers. The cantilever arms are constructed 
of concrete reinforced with structural steel, 
the latter being so designed that it may 
be completely fabricated in the shops, 
erected in advance of the concrete work and 
used to carry the forms for the concrete. 
February 25, 1919 

Resolution by Common Council for an 
amendment to the Revised Charter of the 
City of Detroit whereby there is added — a 
chapter, entitled Chapter I of Title XI, 
conferring upon the Common Council of the 
City of Detroit power to erect a bridge 
over the American channel of the Detroit 
River between Belle Isle and the mainland 
at the intersection of Jefferson Avenue & 
East Grand Boulevard; to provide an ap- 
proach or approaches thereto; to expend 
therefore a sum not to exceed three million 
dollars. 
April 7, 1919 

Resolution of Feb. 25, 1919, submitted to 
the electors of this city April 7, 1919, and 
carried by a majority of over 60%. 
April 29, 1919. 

Joint report to Common Council from 
Commissioner of Public Works, the Com- 
missioner of Parks and Boulevards, and the 
City Plan Commission, recommending that 
the proposed bridge to Belle Isle be built 
without a draw and that the type of bridge 



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as shown in the preliminary plans proposed 
by the Belle Isle Bridge Consulting- Board 
be adopted, and that the consulting services 
of the Board be retained. 
May 6, 1919. 

Above report approved by Common 
Council and Commissioner of Public Works 
authorized and directed to secure the neces- 
sary permission and authority from the 
Board of Supervisors of Wayne County and 
the War Department to construct a bridge 
to Belle Isle without a draw or lift span. 
May 21, 1919. 

A petition was filed by the City of Detroit 
with the Board of Supervisors of the County 
of Wayne for consent, permission and 
authority for the City of Detroit to build, 
construct and maintain a permanent bridge 
without a draw or lift span across the De- 
troit River from East Grand Boulevard to 
Belle Isle. 
June 23, 1919. 

At a special meeting of the Board of 
Supervisors of Wayne County the above 
petition was granted. 

At a meeting of the Belle Isle Bridge 
Consulting Board Messrs. Adams & Ellery 
submitted a proposed "Causeway Plan" as 
an alternative project to the bridge to Belle 
Isle. The plan was rejected following care- 
ful consideration and investigation. 
June 24, 1919. 

Resolved by the Common Council that 
the Corporation Counsel be authorized and 
directed to prepare the necessary papers 
for execution by the Commissioner of Public 
Works of the City of Detroit for and in 
behalf of the City of Detroit, to be filed 
with the Secretary of War and Chief of 
Engineers of the United States Government, 
asking its consent and approval to the pro- 
posed Belle Isle Bridge according to the 
plans heretofore approved by the Common 
Council and the Board of Supervisors of 
Wayne County. 
July 15, 1919. 

Ordinance authorizing the issuance and 
sale of $3,000,000 of "General Public Im- 
provement Bonds" for the purpose of erect- 
ing the Belle Isle Bridge. 
July 31, 1919. 

Belle Isle Bridge Consulting Board ap- 
proved of the firm of Esselstyn, Murphy 
and Hanford for the engineering and super- 
vision of the Belle Isle Bridge. 
August 5, 1919. 



The Commissioner of Public Works 
authorized to enter into contract with 
Esselstyn, Murphy and Hanford Company, 
for the engineering services in connection 
with the construction of the Belle Isle 
Bridge. 

Dec. 2, 1919. 

The Detroit Common Council authorized 
the Department of Public Works to enter 
into contract with the Sullivan Machinery 
Company, Chicago, 111., for making test 
boi'ings for the Belle Isle Bridge. 
Dec. 16, 1919. 

Plans and specificaitons of the "Subway 
Section of the Detroit Approach to Belle 
Isle Bridge" prepared by Esselstyn, Murphy 
and Hanford approved by Common Council 
and Commissioner of Public Works author- 
ized and directed to advertise immediately 
for bids. 
Feb. 7, 1920. 

Bids received for the construction of the 
Subway section of the Detroit Approach to 
Belle Isle Bridge. 
Feb. 10, 1920 

Common Council authorized the Commis- 
sioner of Public Works to enter into con- 
tract with the Candler Dock and Dredge 
Company in the sum of $360,190.00 for con- 
struction of said subway section. 
Feb. 17, 1920. 

Contract for above work approved and 
confirmed by Common Council. 
Jan. 18, 1921. 

Mr. Daniel B. Luten given 30 days to pre- 
pare and present plans to Common Council 
for a solid masonry bridge. 
March 1, 1921. 

Esselstyn-Murphy authorized by Common 
Council to make such modifications of the 
original reinforced concrete cantilever bridge 
recommended by the Belle Isle Bridge Com- 
mission as will bring the cost within the 
balance of approximately $2,500,000.00. 
April 5, 1921. 

Revised plans prepared by Esselstyn- 
Murphy with specifications for a reinforced 
concrete cantilever bridge approved by 
Common Council and Commissioner of Pub- 
lic Works authorized to advertise imme- 
diately for proposals for construction. 
May 21, 1921. 

Bids received by Department of Public 
Works for construction of Belle Isle Bridge. 
May 24, 1921. 

The Commissioner of Public Works 



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authorized to enter into contract for Belle 
Isle Bridge Construction with Greiling 
Bros., Green Bay, Wisconsin in the sum 
of $2,011,695.00 and the Wisconsin Bridge 
and Iron Works in the sum of $354,135.00. 
The total of these contracts is $2,365,830.00. 
The subway section of the Detroit Ap- 



proach to Belle Isle Bridge, and a new bus 
station and toilet building adjacent were 
completed and opened to the public during 
the Spring of 1921. Work on the bridge 
is now under way. 

Construction of bridge to be completed 
in 27 months. 




SYLVAN SCENE IN DETROIT PARK 




PROPOSED JAMES SCOTT WATER FOUNTAIN FOR BELLE LSLE, DETROIT 



GIFT OF A CITIZEN 

Scott Fountain to be One of 
Most Beautiful in World. 



The following brief statements deal with 
the events leading up to the beginning of 
the construction work for the erection of 
the James Scott Fountain on Belle Isle. In 
the near future there will be published 
in the Landscape and Art Depai^tment of 
PARKS & RECREATION a complete de- 
scription of this great work viewed from 
the aesthetic standpoint and as a work of 
art. 



March 5, 1910 

James Scott, a citizen of Detroit, died on 
this date, and under the terms of his will, 
probated on April 20, 1910, left the bulk 
of his fortune to the city of Detroit for the 
erection of a suitable fountain in Belle Isle 
Park, City of Detroit. 
Nov. 29, 1910 

By resolution of the Common Council of 
the City of Detroit the Commissioner of 
Parks and Boulevards was authorized and 
directed to accept the bequest of James 
Scott on behalf of the City of Detroit for the 
erection of a water fountain on Belle Isle. 
March 14, 1912 

City Plan Commission sent communica- 
tion to the mayor relative to the filling in 
of the lower end of Belle Isle in preparation 
for the Scott monument. 
March 27, 1912 

City Plan Commission received report 
that the Common Council allowed the sum 
of $100,000.00 for the filling in of the lower 
end of Belle Isle. (This appropriation was 
apparently never used and no further men- 
tion of same occurs on the records.) 
April 25, 1912 

Resolved by the City Plan Commission 
that the Scott Monument to be erected on 
Belle Isle be open to competition of artists, 
sculptors and architects of the entire United 
States. That the Trustees and Common 
Council be and are hereby requested to ask 
the court to set aside Ten Thousand Dollars 
($10,000) for prizes to be offered for de- 
signs and models to be submitted under the 
rules to be prepared by the City Plan and 
Improvement Commission, approved by the 



Common Council, to cover such competition. 
That the selection and approval of design 
be by said commission, under authority 
heretofore granted them, by the City of 
Detroit, and by the Trustees of said fund. 
Their joint action to be approved by th:^ 
Common Council of the City of Detroit. 
April 1, 1913 

City Plan Commission sent communica- 
tion to the executors of the Scott estate 
asking that the commission be empowered 
to invite experts to prepare a program for 
the designing of the Scott Fountain at a 
cost to the Scott estate for the above men- 
tioned services of experts of $1,200.00. 
June 7, 1913 

Resolved by City Plan Commission to 
invite Professor Duquesne of Harvard Uni- 
versity to visit Detroit to consult with the 
Commission and Trustees of the Scott estate 
with regard to the proposed Scott Fountain. 
August 14, 1913 

City Plan Commission authorized printing 
of "Program for James Scott Fountain" by 
Eugene Duquesne. 
December 4, 1913 

Above program by Mr. Eugene Duquesne 
received by City Plan Commission. 
February 13, 1914 

The City Plan Commission voted to invite 
the following firms to compete in the James 
Scott Fountain competition: McKim, 
Mead and White, architects. New York, N. 
Y.; Cass Gilbert, architect, New York, N 
Y.; Carrere and Hastings, architects. New 

The jury of awards was approved as fol- 
lows: Charles A. Piatt, Walter Cook and 
Robert S. Peabody, architects; Frederick 
Law Olmsted, landscape architect, and 
Daniel C. French, sculptor. 
April 22, 1914 

Drawings submitted for the James Scott 
Foi^ntain were placed on exhibition in the 
Fisher Arcade to the judges of the competi- 
tion and the members of the commission 
and executors of the James Scott estate. 
May 19, 1914 

Report on second stage of James Scott 
Fountain competition: 

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WINTER SCENE AT BELLE ISLE 



petition to select an architect to design and 
superintend the erection of the James Scott 
Memorial Fountain will be held on June 
30th, under the general direction of Prof. 
E. J. A. Duquesne, the professional adviser 
of the City Plan and Improvement Commis- 
sion. In the first stage of the competition, 
ninety-two designs were submitted. The 
New York architects were most numerous, 
with 38 submissions; next came Boston with 
12, followed by Philadelphia with 10 and 
San Francisco with 6, Detroit, Pittsburg 
and Washington, D. C, each had 3; St. 
Louis, Portland, Ore., Seattle, and Chicago, 
111., 2; and Ann Arbor, St. Paul, Cleveland, 
Cincinnati, Hartford, Los Angeles, Minne- 
apolis, Bridgeport and Brooklyn, 1 each. 

The jury was made up of Walter Cook, 
Charles A. Piatt and Robert S. Peabody, ar- 
chitect; Frederick Law Olmsted, landscape 
architect; and Daniel French, sculptor. The 
jury spent two days in the examination of 
the 184 drawings submitted, and from the 
92 sets they selected the 7 presented by the 
following architects: Ames Chard and 
Doge, Boston, Mass.; Codman and Despra- 
delle, Boston, Mass.; Crane and Ferguson, 
Boston, Mass.; George W. Jacoby, New 



York, N. Y.; Johnson and Mayer, Portland, 
Ore.; Guy Lowell, Boston, Mass.; Palmer, 
Hornbostel & Jones, New York, N. Y. 

The seven above named, together with 
McKim, Mead and White, Carrere and 
Hastings, and Cass Gilbert, all of New 
York, will compete in the final stage. 
July 10, 1914 

The following awards were made on the 
final competition drawings for the James 
Scott Fountain: 

Cass Gilbert, New York, N. Y. First 
prize. 

Carrere and Hastings, New York, N. Y. 
Second prize. 

Codman and Despradelle, Boston. Third 
prize. 

Guy Lowell, Boston. Fourth prize. 
Jan. 21, 1915 

Herbert Adams, sculptor of New York 
City, recommended by Mr. Cass Gilbert 
to execute the statue of James Scott. 
Sept. 14, 1915 

Contract with Mr. Cass Gilbert, architect, 
for architectural services on James Scott 
Fountain plans approved by Common Coun- 
cil. 



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Nov. 9, 1916 

Mr. Cass Gilbert submitted plans and 
sketches for the James Scott Fountain. 
Nov. 27, 1917 

Bids for piling in connection with Scott 
Fountain were received, but were rejected 
later because of excessive cost. 
Feb. 18, 1919 

Common Council went on record that it 
would approve an item in the coming fiscal 
year's estimates in an adequate sum to pro- 
vide for the construction of a sea wall nec- 
essary to retain fill and acquire a desirable 
site for the Scott Fountain. 
July 1, 1919 

The city of Detroit appropriated $100,000, 
which was placed in the Department of 
Parks and Boulevards' fund to be used for 
building a retaining wall, and filling in 
the lower end of Belle Isle in preparation 
for receiving the James Scott Fountain and 
the developments surrounding it. 
July 22, 1919 

Types of dyke or wall to be built by the 
City of Detroit on the lower end of Belle 
Isle to receive filling were discussed with 
Mr. Cass Gilbert 
August 15, 1919 

Plans and specifications received from Mr. 
Cass Gilbert showing retaining wall and 
fill-in of lower end of island as revised 
after conference of July 22, 1919. These 
were approved, and the Commissioner of 
Parks and Boulevards authorized to adver- 
tise for bids for the dyke and filling for site 
of proposed James Scott Fountain; bids to 
be opened September 3, 1919. 
Sept. 12, 1919 

Contract to build said dyke awarded to 
Dunbar & Sullivan in the sum of $85,200.00. 
Sept. 24, 1920 

Mr. Cass Gilbert's plans for the general 
construction and mechanical equipment in- 
cluding specifications, were approved by the 
James Scott Water Fountain Commission, 
subject to the cost of the complete structure. 



after receiving bids. The Commissioner of 
Parks and Boulevards was authorized to 
advertise for bids on these approved plans. 
Nov. 3, 1920 

Contract with Mr. Herbert Adams, 
sculptor, for executing a bronze statue of 
James Scott to be placed in connection with 
lae James Scott Fountain, was approved 
by the Common Council in the sum of 
$20,000.00. 

March 10, 1921 

Bids for general construction and for 
echanical and electrical equipment of the 
James Scott Fountain were received. 

May 6, 1921 

Plans of fountain slightly modified to 
reduce cost, and four lowest bidders who 
submitted figures on March 10, 1921, for 
general construction work, and the two 
lowest on mechanical and electrical equip- 
ment were asked to present revised pro- 
posals by June 4, 1921. 
June 4, 1921 

The revised bids for the construction and 
mechanical and electrical equipment of the 
James Scott Fountain were received. 

July 12, 1921 

Communication from the James Scott 
Water Fountain Commission to the Detroit 
Common Council recommending that the 
following contracts be approved: 

The John Bollin Company for general 
construction, in the sum of $345,200.00. 

The Pittlekow Heating & Engineering 
Company for mechanical and electrical 
equipment, in the sum of $75,785.00. 

The matter of considering the awarding 
of the James Scott contracts is to be dis- 
cussed by the Common Council in Commit- 
tee on Wednesday, July 20, 1921, and will 
probably be reported out the following 
Tuesday evening. 

The John Bollin Company's proposal 
specified that the work would be completed 
in three hundred (300) working days. 





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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF 
PARK SUPERINTENDENTS 



OFFICERS 1920-1921 

HENRY W. BUSCH, General Superintendent of Parks, Detroit, Mich. .-President 

J. V. BURGEVIN, Department of Parks, New York City___ Vice-President 

EMMETT P. GRIFFIN, Supt. of Parks, East St. Louis, 111 Secretary-Treasurer 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

L. P. JENSEN, Superintendent "Busch Place" St. Louis, Mo. 

G. H. HOLLISTER, Superintendent Keney Park Hartford, Conn. 

C. A. BOSSEN, Assistant Superintendent of Parks Minneapolis, Minn. 

LIONEL EVANS, Superintendent of Parks Youngstown, Ohio 

CHAS. W. DAVIS, Superintendent of Parks Memphis, Tenn. 

WALTER WRIGHT, Secretary Bureau of P. P. & B Chicago, 111. 



1920 - 1921 STANDING COMMITTEES 



Horticultural Nomenclature 

Theodore Wirth, Minneapolis, Minn., chairman; 
H. W. Merkel, New York City; John Dunbar, 
Rochester, N. Y. 

Bird Protection and Propagation 
L. P. Jensen. St. Louis, Mo., chairman; H. W. 
Merkel, New York City; E. F. A. Reinisch. Topeka, 
Kan.; Adolph Jaenicke, Fort Wayne, Ind.; H. J. 
Stoeppler, Louisville, Ky.; Paul B. Riis, Rockford, 
111.; E. R. Waldenberger. Niagara Falls, N. Y.; 
R. L. Powers, Halifax, Nova Scotia. 

National, State and Provincial Parks 

F. L. Mulford, Washington, D. C, chairman; 
Fred Nussbaumer, St. Paul, Minn.; Geo. E. Mc- 
Kinley, Flint, Mich.; J. W. Thompson, Seattle. 
Wash.; E. T. Mische. Portland, Ore.; J. F. Foster, 
Chicago, 111.; Ceo. H. Hollister, Hartford, Conn.; 
Geo. Champion, Winnipeg, Canada; John G. Mor- 
ley. San Diego, Calif.; Clarence L. Brock, Houston, 
Texas; W. P. Long, Boston, Mass.; John Meisen- 
bacher, Tulsa. Okla.; A. N. Robson, New York 
City. 

Playgrounds and Recreation 

C. A. Bossen, Minneapolis, Minn., chairman; 
A. A. Fisk, Chicago, 111.; Ernst Strehle, St. Louis. 
Mo.; M. B. Kannowski, Mitchell, S. D.; R. L. 
Parker, Hartford, Conn.; Walter Wright, Chicago, 
III.; H. G. Evans, Louisville, Ky.; Jas. H. Lowry, 
Indianapolis, Ind.; Wm. H. Dunn, Kansas City, 
Kan.; Lionel Evans, Youngstown, Ohio; Geo. A. 
Hill, Tacoma, Wash.; Harold Neale, New Orleans, 
La.; Conrad Wolf, Hibbing, Minn.; Grant Forrer, 
Harrisburg, Pa.; C. P. Connell, Nashville, Tenn. 



Zoology 

H. W. Merkel, New York City, chairman; C. W. 
Davis, Memphis, Tenn.; S. R. De Boer, Denver, 
Colo.; N. Crist, Atlanta, Ga.; John F. Walsh, New 
York City; W. R. Reader, Calgary, Canada; John 
C. Cannon, Chicago, 111.; F. L. Mulford, Washing- 
ton, D. C; H. P. Kelsey, Salem, Mass.; Jas. F. 
Dawson. Brookline, Mass.; John W. Duncan, 
Spokane, Wash.; W. R. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn.; 
Donald McLaren, San Francisco. Calif.; Geo. W. 
Hess, Washington, D. C. 

City Planning in Relation to Parks and Boulevards 

Theo. Wirth, Minneapolis, Minn., chairman: 
Emanuel T. Mische, Portland, Ore.; Wm. H. 
Dunn, Kansas City, Kans.; John McLaren, San 
Francisco, Calif.; Alex Stuart, Ottawa, Canada; 
Geo. W. Burke, Pittsburgh. Pa.; James B. Shea, 
Boston, Mass.; C. H. Meeds, Cincinnati, Ohio; E. 
A. Miller, New York City; Wm. 1. Hoch, Reading, 
Pa.; Jens Jensen, Chicago, 111.; John Kernan, 
Lowell, Mass.; G. Hennenhofer, Colorado Springs, 
Colo.; H. S. Richards, Chicago, 111.; John Nolen, 
Cambridge, Mass. 

Special Committee on Reorg.iinization 

A. A. Fisk. Chicago, III., chairman; Alex Stuart, 
Ottawa, Canada; Lionel L. Evans, Youngstown, 
Ohio; J. V. Burgevm, New York City; W. P. Long, 
Boston, Mass.; Jas. H. Lowry, Indianapolis, Ind.; 
Will O. Doolittle, Minot, N. D.; Geo. A. Parker. 
Hartford, Conn.; H. S. Richards, Chicago, III.; 
Theo. Wirth, Minneapolis, Minn.; L. P. Jensen, 
St. Louis, Mo.; Wm. H. Dunn, Kansas City, Mo.; 
J. W. Thompson, Seattle, Wash.; H. J. Neale, New 
Orleans, La.; Emmett P. Griffin, East St. Louis, III. 



PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL 
AMENDMENTS 



PROPOSED CONSTITUTION 
Preamble 

That we, The American Park Society, may 
serve the people of America, make more 
abundant the facilities for a more ex- 
pressive life for all, to engender a spirit of 
cooperation between all agencies related to 
our common cause, to promote the beauti- 
ful and orderly building of our cities and 
towns, to promote the building of parks, 
gardens and recreation grounds and to in- 
terpret their functions and relation to the 
people, do we institute and ordain this 
constitution of The American Park Society. 

ARTICLE I 

Name and Object 

Section 1. The name of this Society 
shall be The American Park Society. 

Section 2. The object of this Society 
shall be the gathering of facts and infor- 
mation with reference to parks, gardens 
and recreation grounds. 

The further object of the Society shall 
be to disseminate this knowledge among its 
members by all means that shall be deter- 
mined upon as being most effective and in 
keeping with the provisions of the Consti- 
tution and By-laws. 

It shall be the further object of this 
Society to cooperate with all agencies and 
people with common objectives and to seek 
ever the widest diffusion of the knowledge 
gained in the field of experience and obser- 
vation, to the end that the motive, purpose 
and high calling of the membership may 
make its maximum contribution to society. 
ARTICLE II 
Membership 

Section 1. The Society shall consist of 
two divisions, the Institute and Forum; 
Memberships in the Institute shall be desig- 
nated as Senior, Junior and Honorary Fel- 
lows as hereinafter defined. Memberships 
in the Forum shall be designated as active 
and sustaining members as hereinafter 
defined. 

Section 2. Membership in the Institute 
shall be open only to Superintendents of 
Municipal iParks and Assistant Buperin- 
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tendents. Superintendents of Municipal 
Recreation Systems and Assistant Super- 
intendents, Park Engineers, Landscape Ar- 
chitects, Engineers and Gardeners, Zoolog- 
ical Directors, Foresters, Botanists, Hor- 
ticulturists, Agriculturists, Arboriculturists 
or Specialists in some major sense relating 
to the above, City and Town Planners, Park 
and Recreation Commissioners and Secre- 
taries. 

Section 3. To become a Senior fellow in 
the Institute, five years' service and ex- 
1 erience shall first be required as defined 
in Article II, Section 2. 

Section 4. To become a Junior fellow in 
the Institute, the requirements shall be the 
same as for Senior Fellows, defined in Ar- 
ticle II, Section 2, except that five years' 
service and experience shall not be re- 
quired. 

Section 5. Honorary fellowship in the 
Institute of the Society shall only be con- 
ferred by the unanimous vote of the Exe- 
cutive Ck)mmittee and confirmed by the 
unanimous vote of the convention. It shall 
be obligatory upon the Executive Commit- 
tee to transmit their unanimous vote to 
the convention by a written report explain- 
ing and setting forth in detail the service, 
accomplishment and contribution made by 
the individual whom they would make an 
honorary fellow in the Institute of the 
society. This written report with all sig- 
natures of the Executive Committee af- 
fixed thereto, shall be transmitted to the 
Secretary of the Society the first day of 
the convention. The Secretary shall read 
this report to the convention on the first 
day of the convention assembled and attest 
as to the full and complete signatures of 
the Executive Committee. The vote of the 
convention shall be taken during the last 
business session of the convention as- 
sembled. 

The honorary fellowship should not be 
treated lightly. This fellowship should only 
be conferred upon those who have given 
unusual service to some branch of the work 
to which this Society is devoted. 

Section 6. The active membership in 



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the Forum of the Society shall be open to 
every one in good standing, twenty-one 
years old or over. 

Section 7. The sustaining membership 
of the Forum shall be open to Park Com- 
missions, Recreation Commissions, School 
Boards, Nursery Companies, Manufacturers 
of Park and Recreation supplies and equip- 
ments, or any organization whose business 
is correlated with the work of this Society. 

Section 8. All applications for member- 
ship in the Society must be submitted on the 
application form of the Society to the Exe- 
cutive Committee who will refer the same 
to the standing committee on membership 
before submission to the annual convention. 
The recommendation of the membership 
committee shall be submitted to the con- 
vention, but the recommendation of the 
membership committee shall not be bind- 
ing upon, nor shall the same control the 
action of the convention. The membership 
committee, may, if they deem it appropri- 
ate, submit a statement relative to the char- 
acter of their recommendation. A vote by 
ballot may be demanded by any member 
of the Society in gjood standing. Two- 
thirds of members present shall be required 
to elect candidate to membership. 

ARTICLE III. 
OflFicers 

Section 1. The officers of this Society 
shall be a President, Vice-President, Sec- 
retary, Treasurer, and a Board of six (6) 
Directors, who shall be senior fellows of the 
Institute. These officers shall constitute 
the Executive Committee of the Society and 
shall have general management of the af- 
fairs of the Society. 

Section 2. The term of office of the 
President, Vice President and Secretary- 
Treasurer, shall be for one year, beginning 
at the close of the annual convention at 
which time such officers were elected and 
ending at the close of the following annual 
convention. 

Section 3. Members of the Board of 
Directors shall be elected for a term of 
three years. Two Directors shall be elected 
each year. 

Section 4. Senior fellows only in the 
Institute of the Society shall be eligible for 
election to office in the Society. 



Section 5. The officers of the Society 
shall be the officers of the Forum. 

Section 6, There shall be a Forum ses- 
sion as a part of every annual convention. 
At this session of the Forum all members 
shall enjoy the right of debate, to intro- 
duce resolutions by motion and vote upon 
the same. All resolutions passed by the 
Forum must be adopted by majority vote 
of the Institute before the same are bind- 
ing upon the Society. 

ARTICLE IV. 
Meetings 

Section 1. Time and Place: An annual 
convention for the election of officers, hear- 
ing of annual reports and such other busi- 
ness as may properly come before it, shall 
be held each year at such time as may be 
determined by the Executive Committee. 
The place of meeting shall be as determined 
by majority vote at the preceding annual 
convention. 

Should the city selected decline to accept 
the convention or should circumstances 
warrant it, the Executive Committee shall 
have power to make a change of meeting 
place from that selected by the previous 
convention. 

Section 2. Special Meetings: Special 
meetings may be called by the President, 
should occasion require upon written re- 
quest of twenty-five (25) members or by 
unanimous vote of the Executive Commit- 
tee, reasonable notice of such special meet- 
ing to be sent to every member. 

Section 3. Quorum: A quorum of the 
Association shall be fifteen (15) members 
and of the Executive Committee, five (5) 
members, 

ARTICLE V. 
Branch Societies 

Section 1. The members residing in any 
state or district, may form a branch or 
auxiliary Society with the consent of this 
Society. 

Section 2. A petition by half the mem- 
bers in good standing in any state, province 
or district included in the territory of the 
proposed branch, must be presented to the 
Executive Committee at least three days 
prior to any annual convention and notice 
of intention to file such petition must be 
filed with the Secretary at least thirty days 
before any annual meeting and he must 



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notify every member of such proposed peti- 
tion. The Executive Committee shall con- 
sider such petition and the reasons there- 
for and report its recommendations to the 
annual convention for final action. 

Section 3. A two-thirds vote of the vot- 
ing members at the annual convention shall 
be necessary to grant such petition and 
authorize such branch or auxiliary Society. 
(See By-law Number 8). 

Section 4. The provisions of the Consti- 
tution and By-laws of State and Provincial 
branches must not be in contradiction to the 
provisions of the Constitution and By-laws 
of the American Park Society. The name 
of all State and Provincial branches shall 
be (substituting the name of State or Pro- 
vince for American Park Society). 

ARTICLE VI. 
Amendments 

Section 1. Amendments to this Consti- 
tution and By-laws may be made at any 
annual convention by a two-thirds vote of 
the voting members, provided, that a copy 
of all proposed amendments shall have been 
filed with the Secretary at least thirty days 
previous to the date of the convention and 
the Secretary shall before such convention, 
through the official organ or otherwise, 
notify the entire membership of the pro- 
posed amendments. 

PROPOSED BY-LAWS 

1. ORDER OF BUSINESS: The fol- 
lowing order of business shall be observed 
at all annual meetings unless set aside by 
two-thirds vcte of members present and 
voting: 

1. Calling to order and roll call of of- 
ficers. 

2. Reading of minutes of previous 
meeting. 

3. Appointment of Committees. 

4. Applications for membership and re- 
port of membership committee on same. 

5. Election of new members. 

6. Reports of Officers and Committees. 

7. Communications, Resolutions, Amend- 
ments. 

8. New Business, Papers, Discussions. 

9. Election of Officers. Unfinished 
business. 

Adjournment. 

2. ELECTION OF OFFICERS: Offi- 



cers shall be elected at each annual session 
as follows: A nominating committee of 
three Senior Fellows shall be appointed by 
the President on the opening day of the 
annual convention, which committee shall 
later in the session submit a list of names 
of at least two persons for each office, 
which list and the names of such other 
persons as may be placed in nomination by 
the convention, shall be the nominees and 
shall be voted upon on the last day of the 
convention. The vote shall be by ballot and 
the persons receiving a majority of the vote 
cast, for each office, shall be declared 
elected. 

3. DUTIES OF OFFIQERS: PRESI- 
DENT: The President shall preside at all 
meetings of the Society or Executive Com- 
mittee: He shall approve all bills and 
claims paid by Secretary-Treasurer; be the 
directing head of the Society during his term 
of office and perform the usual duties de- 
volving upon a presiding officer of a society 
of this character. 

SECRETARY -TREASURER: He shall 
keep a record of the proceedings of the 
Society and conduct its correspondence. He 
shall submit all bills and claims to the 
President and upon his approval shall pay 
the same. 

He shall collect all fees and dues or other 
moneys due the Society and shall have cus- 
tody of all funds, except as hereinafter 
defined under caption — Board of Editors, 
of this by-law. He shall pay all bills ap- 
proved by himself and the President. 

He shall keep an accurate account of the 
receipts and disbursements of the Society 
and shall make a full report of same at 
the annual convention. 

He shall receive a salary and compensa- 
tion which shall be fixed and determined 
upon by the Executive Committee. 

VICE-PRESIDENT: The Vice-President 
shall assist the President in directing the 
affairs of the Society. He will serve as pre- 
siding officer in the absence of the Presi- 
dent at the annual convention and in the 
event of the death, resignation or removal 
of the President, he shall automatically suc- 
ceed to that office. 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: This board of 
six members constitutes and is intended as 
the controlling factor of the Executive Com- 



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mittee, representing two-thirds of its mem- 
bership. Its duties are as set forth for 
the Executive Committee. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: The Exe- 
cutive Committee shall make all arrange- 
ments for meetings of the Society, decide 
upon features, excursions and inspection 
tours. It may appoint sub-committees from 
its members or from the Society. It shall 
act upon and report with its recommenda- 
tions to the annual convention, all applica- 
tions for membership, petitions, or any 
other matter which may be referred to it, 
or any new matter which it may see fit to 
introduce. The Executive Committee shall 
be the governing body of the Society and 
shall have full power to act between annual 
meetings on all matters for the welfare of 
the Society. 

BOARD OF EDITORS: The Society 
shall publish a monthly magazine, entitled, 
"Parks & Recreation" devoted to technical 
and popular matter pertaining to park and 
recreation work. The management of this 
magazine shall be vested in an Editorial 
Board of three Senior fellows of the Insti- 
tute of this society as follows: 

The Executive Committee shall appoint 
one managing and two associate editors and 
shall fix and determine their salaries and 
compensation. Such appointments shall be 
for a term of two years. The managing 
editor shall have general charge of the 
magazine, and editing the same. He shall 
be assisted by the associate editors in keep- 
ing with policies determined by the Editorial 
Board. The Editorial Board shall make a 
detailed financial and business report to 
the Executive Committee and the same shall 
be read before the Convention at each 
annual meeting. 

The Secretary of the Society shall submit 
a certified list of all fellows and members 
who are entitled to the magazine, to the 
managing editor and shall attach to this 
list a check drawn by the Treasurer for an 
amount equal to three dollars ($3.00), the 
annual subscription price of the magazine, 
for each member. 

The Editorial Board shall be responsible 
to the Executive Committee. All resolu- 
tions passed by the Convention assembled, 
in keeping with constitution and by-laws, 
shall of course, be binding upon the Exe- 



cutive Committee. All resolutions passed 
by the Convention assembled and which in 
any way may relate to the magazine, "Parks 
& Recreation", shall be transmitted in writ- 
ing by the Executive Committee to the 
Editorial Board with instructions. The 
Editorial Board shall comply with all such 
instructions from the Executive Committee. 
The financial matters relating to the pub- 
lication of "Parks & Recreation", the official 
organ of the Society, shall be handled by the 
Board of Editors. 

The Executive Committee shall at the 
first session of each convention, submit any 
recommendations it may choose to offer and 
the Society is at each convention to voice 
its approval or disapproval of current poli- 
cies or give instructions to the committee 
concerning any affairs it desires discon- 
tinued, altered or instituted as a Society 
program for the ensuing year. 

The Executive Committee shall have 
power to fill vacancies, not otherwise pro- 
vided for, should any office become vacant, 
by death, resignation or removal, but such 
selection shall only be until the next annual 
convention. 

4. ELECTION OF MEMBERS: Every 
application for membership must be en- 
dorsed by a Senior fellow and presented to 
the Executive Committee who will refer 
the same to the standing committee on 
membership. The report of the member- 
ship committee shall be referred to the con- 
vention as provided by a provision of the 
constitution. 

5. FEES AND DUES: Applicants for 
fellowship in the Institute of the Society 
shall pay a fee with application of Ten 
Dollars ($10.00), which fee shall be returned 
to applicant if not elected. 

Annual dues for Senior and Junior fel- 
lows in the Institute shall be Ten Dollars 
($10.00). 

Applicants for Active Membership in the 
Forum of the Society shall pay a fee with 
application of Five Dollars ($5.00); for Sus- 
taining membership. Ten Dollars ($10.00), 
which fee shall be returned to applicant 
if not elected. 

Annual dues for Active membership in 
the Forum of the Society shall be Five 
Dollars ($5.00). 



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The fiscal year of the Society shall be 
from August 1st to July 31st. 

Any member one year in arrears for dues 
shall without further action be suspended 
until all arrears are paid. 

The annual dues paid by members shall 
cover their subscription to the official organ 
of the Society and such bulletins or publica- 
tions as may be issued. 

6. RESIGNATION OR WITHDRAW- 
ALS: Any member whose dues are fully 
paid up may withdraw from the Society by 
notifying the Secretary and at the discretion 
of the Executive Committee may be re-in- 
stated by payment of dues of current year 
at time of application for re-instatement. 

Suspended members cannot be re-instated 
or again become members except by paying 
all arrears. 

7. MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE: On 
the first day of Convention, after the read- 
ing of minutes of previous meeting, the 
President shall appoint an Institute and 
Forum Membership Committee of three 
each. Each Committee shall report on their 
respective applicants, and the same referred 
to their respective convention bodies. 



8. BRANCH SOCIETIES: Only mem- 
bers in good standing in this Society shall 
be eligible for membership in any branch 
of this Society and dues paid to any branch 
shall not be in lieu of dues to this Society, 
but shall be in addition thereto. 

No meeting of a branch of this Society 
shall be held to conflict with the regular 
annual convention of the parent Society. 

9. EXPULSION: Any member of this 
Society may be suspended or expelled for 
unprofessional conduct or conduct unbecom- 
ing a member of this Society, PROVIDED, 
charges in writing against such member 
have been filed with the Secretary at least 
30 days prior to the annual convention. The 
accused shall be notified of such charges 
and afforded an opportunity to appear and 
present a defense at the time of the hearing 
of the charges. 

This by-law shall also apply to members 
who may violate any of the provisions of 
the Constitution or By-Laws. 

10. This Constitution and By-laws shall 
become effective immediately upon its adop- 
tion by the Convention. 
Adopted, 
Date 



Present Qualifications for Membership 

SENIOR MEMBERS-Persons of at lea^t^veyear^ 

TrSite^trE^^trFort^^^^^^^^^^^^ or a specialist in 

Arboriculture, Horticulture or Forestry. 

JUNIOR MEMBERS-Same as Senior, except having less than five years 
experience. . 

Accr^nTATi? MFMRFRS— Park Commissioners, Secretaries, or other oflficials 

retired Park Executives. 

SUSTAINING MEMBERS-Park ^^'''^'^.r^J^'^rolZefyelX SITss"? 

attend conventions. 

All applications subject to approval by Executive Committee and election at 
Annual Convention. 

Admission fee, $10.00, which includes first year's dues. Dues, $5.00 per year. 



ATTENTION! 

Park Departments 



Five Elk and 22 Deer 
For Sale. PricedRight, 

These are a fine 
lot of animals. 



Address 



O. D. ARP, Supt. 

Council Bluffs Park Board 

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA 



Independent ^^ 'Minot, N. Dak. 



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